Georgia Speleological Survey (GSS)

Membership & Sales

One purpose of the GSS is to provide information on Georgia caves. If you have any questions on any items, please contact the GSS Treasurer, found under team. Any profits from its products go towards GSS projects and grants.

Please include your name and address. For membership, please include your NSS number (if you are a member of the National Speleological Society – required to receive GSS Data Listing), and your home phone number and email address (if you have one) to allow us to contact you about upcoming meetings and ridgewalks. All prices includes postage unless indicated otherwise. Payment methods accepted include paypal, venmo, personal checks, bank checks, and money orders.

GSS Regular Membership – $20

Includes:

  • Bulletin
  • Membership card
  • GSS Cave Listing on USB drive
  • GSS Data Listing Key
  • GSS Mapbook
GSS Family Member Membership – $5

For a family member of a regular member.

  • Does not include publications,
  • Member has voting rights (as per NSS bylaws),
  • Member receives a membership card.
The Bulletin of the Georgia Speleological Survey – Previous Issues

Please see our Bulletin page for more information…

  • Old paper bulletins – $2.00 each (while supplies last)
  • Electronic Bulletins 1970-2023 – $10.00 (on usb drive)
Bartow County Caves: History Underground in North Georgia

by Joel M. Sneed; Softbound; 176 pages. More info.

  • $20 ($16 for GSS Members)
The Late Pleistocene Record of Kingston Saltepeter Cave, Bartow County, Georgia

Edited by Joel M. Sneed and Larry O. Blair; Softbound; 70 pages.

  • $20 ($16 for GSS Members)
An Introduction to Caves and Cave Exploring in Georgia

Written by Barry F. Beck; Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Geological Survey, 1980, Geologic Guide 5; Softbound; 43 pages.

  • $3.00
Geologic Guide to Cloudland Canyon State Park

Written by Martha M. Griffin and Robert L Atkins; Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Geological Survey, 1983, Geologic Guide 7; Softbound; 35 pages.

  • $3.00
The Frick’s Cave Complex Map

Published September 2009. 26” by 36”. 2 color. Cartography by Brent T. Aulenbach. © Georgia Speleological Survey.

  • $5.00

New complete Ellison’s Map – 36″ x 48″. Full Color on heavyweight paper. Tube included.

© Georgia Speleological Survey.

$30.00 postpaid